best best mode of transport EVER

melaka's tricked-out trishaw!!!

they lurk, temptingly, at the main square by the stadhuys.

sure, it takes a little haggling to win your place in one of these flowery confections.

but it is so worth it.  moments before, this guy was grimacing at his watch while his wife looked despairingly up at the sky, in a mute plea for some sort of assistance.  and now just look at the unadulterated glee on his face.

 just out for a cruise ...  hey, who's that guy on the sidewalk?

and at night, they have blinky lights and even sexier thumpy-thump music than in the daytime.

can i have one?  please?  can you imagine offering people rides on one of these babies?  around dolores park maybe?  or the playa?  or maybe if it were motorized around sonoma?